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What is workplace bullying?

*repeated* unreasonable actions of individuals (or a group) directed towards an employee (or a group of employees), which are intended to intimidate, degrade, humiliate, or undermine; or which create a risk to the health or safety of the employee(s) - often involves abuse/misuse of power and creates feelings of defenselessness and injustice

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What is mobbing?

a group of coworkers targeting another worker

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What is corporate/institutional bullying?

bullying is entrenched in an organization and becomes accepted as part of the workplace culture

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What are the costs associated with workplace bullying?

replacing staff members who leave, work effort being displaced, costs associated with investigations

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What is harassment?

illegal offensive and unwelcome conduct serious enough to adversely affect the terms and conditions of a person's employment, which occurs because of the person's protected class

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What is retaliating?

occurs after a person makes a complaint of illegal discrimination and is then the subject of adverse employment action or subjected to harassment